International Press Brief

Venezuela in Crisis

After Juan Guaidó, President of the National Assembly declared himselve interim President following mass demonstrations against the Presidency of Nicolás Maduro on January 23rd, the military declared support to Maduro’s regime. Although several countries have readily acknowledged the legitimacy of Guaidó, the country is deeply divided and the international community seeks a solution to the crisis to avoid the escalation of violence in Venezuela.

Brexit Agreement

On the 15^th of January, the British House of Commons finally votes the Brexit deal after two postponements of the vote and after Prime Minister Theresa May said her government does not plan to postpone the date of Brexit (scheduled for 29 March 2019) despite the impasse.

Events

Research Grant Assistant - BA Level
IPRI-NOVA is offering one Research Assistant position within the research project «Democracy in Times of Crisis: Power and Discourse in a Three-Level Game». The application period is open between 4 and 15 February 2019.

International Seminar «NOVAs Migrações - New Migration»
Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues and Susana Ferreira, researchers at IPRI-NOVA, are organizing the International Seminar «NOVAs Migrações - New Migration». The Seminar happens on March 27th, at 14h00.

IPRI in the News

A democracia assediada
Nuno Severiano Teixeira
Público, 13 | February | 2019

Factos, opiniões e desinformação sobre a Venezuela
José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes
Público, 12 | February | 2019

O tweet de Mário Centeno
Bernardo Pires de Lima
Diário de Notícias, 09 | February | 2019

Working Papers

Working Paper n.º 57/2018
«Migration crisis in the EU: developing a framework for analysis of national security and defence strategies»
João Estevens, IPRI-NOVA

Working Paper n.º 56/2017
«Labour Market Reforms and the Crisis in Portugal: No change, U-Turn or New Departure?»
Daniel Cardoso & Rui Branco, IPRI-NOVA